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No. 229,807. Patented July I3, 1880.

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NAPEI'EN, PHOI'O-UTNOGRAPH'ER. WASHINGTON. D Q

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. OOYLE, OF CHICAGO, ILL,

ALBERTB. PULLMAN, AND AARO ASSIGNOR TO EBENEZER JENNINGS,

N LONGSTREET, OF SAME PLACE.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,807, dated July 13, 1880.

Application filed April 7, 1880. (ModeL) I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. GoYLE, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen ofthe United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shirts, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a back view with the lower portion of the body and the outer ends of the sleeves omitted; Fig. 2, a similar view with one of the laps unbuttoned and turned upward; Fig. 3, the back-band detached, and Figs. 4 and 5 views of the yoke or lap detached; Fig. 6, a form of yoke to leave the cross-openin g in front.

The object of this invention is to provide a shirt which will have all of the advantages of an open-back shirt, be stronger in its construction, and not expose any portion of the back or underclothing when worn without covering, and which will prevent the slipping down of the sleeves by avoiding all up-anddown openings either at the front or back between the sleeves; and its nature consists in slitting or opening the shirt along the top or shoulders and covering such opening or openings with a lap or yoke capable of being buttoned or otherwise fastened, soas to hold the shirt in form and give it a proper support upon the shoulders when worn.

In the drawings, A indicates the body of the shirt; B, the sleeves; a, the back-band;

b, the laps or yokes; c, the neck-band; d, the

, I body is cut sleeve-seams; c, the back-band seam, and f ordinary stitching on the laps or yokes. The body A and the sleeves B are made in any of the well-known forms, except that the so as to receive the back-band 0t at the seam ewhen it is not desired to have the back-band lie over a thickness of cloth.

The laps or yokes b are cut in the form shown at Figs. 4 and 5, and their front edges, 1), are stitched to the shirt-front below the shoulderopenings, and their outer ends are stitched in .with the sleeve-seams d as the best means of l 1 securing them; but they may be separately stitched or sewed on. a

The upper edges, or, of the back-band are not sewed to the front, which, with the unattached lower edges of the laps, leaves an opening lengthwise of the shoulders sufficient for the easy passage of the head through such opening. A sufficient opening for this purpose is formed by either one of the laps, so that one may be fully attached; but the shirt will set better to leave both free at their lower edges.

The back-band a is provided with stud-slits or with buttons, and the laps are provided with corresponding button holes, and the neckband 0 is attached to the front and to the laps in the usual manner, thus making when completed a neat-fitting shirt, strong in its structure, and easily manipulated.

As shown, the band a is made separate, and one edge sewed to the back of the shirt; but it is evident that the back might be cut and made to take the place of the band a, the edge being left unattached to the front, so as to leave an opening transverse of the shirt and lengthwise of the shoulders.

In the form of cut shown the cross-opening comes at the back; but the laps or yokes b can be cut to be so attached as to have the cross-opening at the front, no change being required except in providing an extension of the collar-band or an attachment only at the back to form a stud-band, and by attaching the yoke properly the same opening is formed. A form of yoke adapted for this purpose is shown in Fig. 6, the yoke being formed from a single piece and inserted by attaching its outer ends to the shoulder-seams and its rear edge to the shirt-back, leaving the front edge of both the yoke and shirt unattached.

What 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The shirt A, having its back or front part unattached to leave a transverse opening at the shoulders, in combination with the covering-yokes b, formed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose described.

* CHARLES J. GOYLE.

Witnesses O. W. Bonn, W. F. Baum. 

